Quote Originally Posted by anthonykay View Post
It is a truism that there is bad stuff going on in every country. I voted Remain largely from a gut feeling that, when a load of people (or countries) have problems, it is better to help each other solve the problems than just point fingers at each other. Obviously it is debatable whether the institution of the EU is the best vehicle for such cooperation, but it is what we've got and I would just have preferred us to be carrying on trying to improve it from inside.
All I would say to that is that the UN was set up with similar ideals.

It doesn't work either.

We have the UN Human Right Council with members from practically rogue nations on there.

UN Security Council members bombing areas of the Middle East like they are in some sort of competition.

We have NATO where the vast majority of the members sit back and do little, preferring to let a minority fund their security.

They come too politicised, the highly paid bureaucrats become unaccountable, presidential and are in position for the wrong reasons.


Progress gets blocked, slows and eventually everyone gets bogged down.